Pin-ticket.



R. A. MOORE.

PIN TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22. 1915.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

Inventor:

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RoswELL A. MOORE, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO WATER-BURY RUcKLE COMPANY, or wArERRURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION or con- NEGTICUT.

PIN-TICKET.

bility of accidental bending or pulling up on articles to which they are attached will be reduced to a minimum and without increasing the cost of production. 1

In the drawing Figure 1 is a View of a pin ticket embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 an edgewise view at the pin end and Fig. 8 a sectional view showing the pinattachment.

The complete ticket consists of the usual tab 1 of cardboard or other suitable material of any desired size or shape and the pins or prongs 2 secured adjacent to one edge for the purpose of attaching the ticket to the goods The pin fasteners 2 areformed up as a U-shaped piece with the pointed prongs 3-3 stuck through the tab 1 at a short distance from one edge. The U is bent over parallel to the surface of the tab at 4 and around the edge at 5 and back on itself at6, so that the parts 4 and 6 are approximately parallel with the tab 1 firmly clamped between them. 7

The foregoing description is not neces- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 51,980.

sarily a recital of the precise steps followed 1n the process of manufacture but is descriptive of the resultant structure.

The part 6 is forced inwardly so that it embeds itself in the tab as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. This inward bending results in imparting two important functions to the ticket. First :The part 6 being driven into and lying below the plane of the body of the ticket prevents the corners and edges of other tickets being caught between the wire and the tab when the tickets are in a mass. Second -:Setting the metal into the tab at 6 gives a slight transverse curvature to the tab adjacent to that edge as shown in Fig. 2 and this stiifens the ticket longitudinally so that when on the goods the ticket is not liable to be caught and lifted in handling, causing it to break at the pin, as commonly occurs with tickets of the ordinary type.

The ticket is usedin the ordinary way, the I prongs 33 being pushed through the goods and bent over.

I claim A pin ticket consisting of a tab, fastening prongs secured thereto, said prongs being formed of a single piece of wire bent to form a U with the bottom of the U bent around an edge of the tab and forced below the plane of the body of the tab whereby said tab has a transverse curvature stiffening the same longitudinally.

In testimony 'whereofI have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROSWELL A. MOORE.

WVitnesses:

EMILY FRANEK, ALTA L. CODDINGTON.

Washington, D. Q."

Patented Mar. '7; 1916. 

